Big Blue may be victim of its own success

Fresh off a stellar quarter that saw strong growth across most of its business, IBM Corp. IBM-N now faces the challenge of convincing investors that its finely tuned operation isn’t running out of expansion room.

Shares of the giant computer-services company climbed 6 per cent this past week afterwards it said revenue increased by 12 per cent and profit rose 8 per cent from the same quarter a year before. However several of the analysts covering IBM are not convinced the shares represent a buying possibility, with some questioning how much more efficiency the company can squeeze out of operations.